happy tears is another movie i got because the preview looked funny and it has parker posey. too bad it wasn't very good or even very funny.
it's about two sister, one married a rich guy, who are in pittsburgh because their dad is crazy and shitting himself. their dad has a probably crack addict girlfriend (a scary ellen barkin) who is maybe stealing their dead mom's stuff.
mostly this movie is about taking care of your dad even if you hate him. demi moore dislikes her dad because he always cheated on their mom and is a general pain in the ass. parker posey is a little crazy and has strange dreams and visions and was spoiled and protected and didn't realize what a cheating ass her father was until demi spells it out for her.
there's just too much in the movie. there are parker's hallucination, there is some drugs, there is a buried treasure in the back yard, there is the resentment between sisters, there is the maybe gay husband, there is the other husband who's going crazy, there is simply too much for it to be good.
and, it's written and directed by mitchel lichtenstien, who is roy lichtenstien's son. there is a character in the movie who's the son of a famous, dead artist, but he's minor, so i don't understand how much of the movie is autobiographical. plus, roy is the most boring of the pop artists.
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I totally agree about RL being the most boring of the pop artists. I like his stuff because of the text but that's about it. I think his son also directed Teeth, so I'm disappointed that this movie sounds so lame or like too big for its celluloid britches. I love Parker Posey and I can see the appeal of her in a movie with Demi Moore, cos I kind of like Demi Moore too. Or maybe I'm just used to her? They seem like really different actresses from really different parts, usually.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how good I'd be taking care of a parent. I'm pretty patient sometimes but I have mixed feelings about things so much, it might cloud my abilities.
there's this amazing scene where they have to clean the poop out of their dad's butt. serious shit. demi moore was really great in this. i don't know if she's always great, but she was here.
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